Buckle.



G. W. BAKER.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED 111111.15. 1913.

Patented Apr.28,1914.

5 u@ Wto@ CULUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cu., WASHINGTON. D. c.

GEORGE w. BAKER, OE NEW YORK, n. Y.

BUCKLE.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE lV. BAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, in the borough of Brooklyn and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to buckles and has special reference to that character of buckle which is used for ornamental purposes, such, for instance, as are placed across the instep of shoes. Such buckles ordinarily do not comprise the usual pawl or dog, since they are not used to secure together the ends of a strap or belt, but my invention is not confined to buckles from which the pawl or dog is omitted.

The Object of the invention is to provide a construction of buckle which will lend itself to a peculiar form of ornamentation and to this end the invention consists in a buckle of the construction hereinafter described and claimed.

The details of construction of the improved buckle will be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l is a face or perspective view of the complete buckle; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section thereof with parts shown in elevation; and Fig. 3 is a transverse central section thereof,

The so-called buckle in this instance comprises only the usual frame of a buckle. This frame is composed of two strips indicated by l and 2, respectively. The strip 1 is preferablyT made of cheap material such as sheet iron which may be curved in crosssection as shown in the drawing, or, fiat, aS desired. The second strip 2 is preferably composed of a better grade of metal, such as brass or copper, or, of a metal which is plated on its exterior surface with nickel, silver or gold. This second strip, which may be placed either inside or outside of the rst strip, is preferably formed in crosssection so as to iit neatly against the surface of the first strip; thus, when the first strip is curved in cross-section, t-he second strip will also be curved and fitted against the front surface thereof adjacent its inner edge.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 15, 1913.

Patented Apr. 28, imita.

Serial No. 754,494.

rPhe strip 2 is detaohably connected with the strip l by means of flexible lugs 3, preferably made integral with the strip 2 and projecting from its inner edge, these lugs being bent downward and outward to clamp the under surface o-f the strip l. The strip l is provided with the usual cross-bar i to give rigidity to the structure and also to support a lining 5 of leather or other suitable material which closes the inner space framed in by the buckle. These two strips l and 2 thus placed in juxtaposition are adapted for various kinds of ornamentation. This may be applied either by polishing the naked surface of the two different kinds of metal of which they are composed, or, the cheaper grade of metal, of which strip l is composech may be covered with leather as indicated at 6 to correspond or contrast with the leather of a shoe with which the buckle may be associated. The inner strip 2 may be of polished brass or copper, or it may be plated with a more valuable metal such as nickel, silver or gold and thus present a band in strong contrast with the band l, especially when the latter is covered with leather, or simulates leather. The lining 5 when of leather would ordinarily correspond or contrast with the leather of which the shoe is made. It is obvious that either or both of these strips may be treated in other ways to enhance their ornamental appearance. Thus, they may be embossed or engraved with filagree, or they may be coated with enamel or colored in any way to suit the fancy,

Having described my invention, I claim A buckle comprising an annularly endless frame open through the middle, said frame being composed of two similarly shaped parts one being slightly smaller' than the other, the smaller frame being secured to the inner edge of the larger and the outer faces of both frames being exposed toward the front and provided with contrasting ormental surfaces.

ln witness whereof, subscribe my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. BAKER. Vitnesses VALDO M. CHAPIN, IDA M. PATTERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, '.D. C. 

